American Studies
Reference
- Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
- Literary Criticism
1. Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
 American National Biography
Portraits of more than 17,400 men and women -- from all eras and walks of life -- whose lives have shaped the nation. Published by Oxford University Press under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies.
Dictionary of American History
Location: Ref E174 .D52 2003
Encyclopedic survey of American history in ten volumes. Signed essays explore the country's political, military, economic, social, and cultural history. Brief, annotated bibliographies are included for each entry.
Encyclopedia of American Social History
Location: Ref HN57 .E58 1993
Scholarly essays with annotated bibliographies surveying American social history. Topics include: periods of social change; processes of social change; ethnic and racial subcultures; regionalism and regional subcultures; space and place; patterns of everyday life; work and labor; popular culture and recreation; family history; social problems; science and technology; and education.
Encyclopedia of American Studies
Location: Ref E169.1 .E625 2001
Signed essays with bibliographies on topics related to American culture.
2. Literary Criticism
Finding Literary Criticism
Guide to finding critical essays on literature at Hamilton College.
Literature Resource Center
Full text database offers author biographical sketches, author portraits, critical essays, bibliographies and links to web sites. Includes the complete text of Contemporary Authors and Dictionary of Literary Biography. Selected articles are available from Contemporary Literary Criticism, Poetry Criticism, Drama Criticism, Nineteenth-Century Literary Criticism, and more.
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Articles - American Studies
Core Resources:
America: History and Life
Coverage: 1954-present.
Indexes journal articles, book reviews, and dissertations on the history and culture of the United States and Canada. Subjects include area studies, folklore, government, historiography, political science, popular culture, and urban history.
MLA International Bibliography
Coverage: 1926-present.
Index of scholarly articles, edited books, and dissertations on literature, languages, film studies and folklore. Covers literatures from all countries and time periods except for classical Greek and Latin literature.
Additional Resources:
For more, consult the library's American studies databases page.
Databases and indexes for related disciplines may be found by consulting the library's subject guides.
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Books
ALEX
Hamilton College Library's catalog. Use our call number locator to find items from your catalog search.
WorldCat
Catalog with more than 60 million records for books and other materials owned by libraries around the world. Use the  button to request items through interlibrary loan.
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Web Resources
History Matters
Selective gateway to U.S. history Web resources. Also includes first-person, primary documents and teaching resources. Searchable by keyword or topic.
WorldCat
Catalog with more than 60 million records for books and other materials owned by libraries around the world. To limit your search to web sources: (1) enter your search query in the top box; (2) enter "netlibrary" in the box below and change the "and" to its left to "not"; (3) choose the "Internet Resources" box.
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Primary Sources
Finding Primary Sources
Guide to finding primary source material—including books, documents, images, magazines, newspapers, personal accounts and speeches—using Burke Library's general collection, its online resources, and interlibrary loan.
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Citing Sources
Ask your professor if he or she has particular citation style preferences. The Writing Center also provides some information on departmental preferences.
The following resources can be especially helpful:
Citing Sources
The library's guide to documenting sources includes general subject area preferences and examples of citations for books, journals, and other commonly used resources.
RefWorks
RefWorks is an online bibliographic manager that can be used to create, organize and store references. Information can be imported from most of the library's research databases and reformatted to create bibliographies in wide range of documentation styles, including APA, MLA, and Chicago.
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Get Help
For further assistance, contact:
Reid Larson
Reference Librarian
Burke Library
315-859-4480
rslarson@hamilton.edu
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(Reviewed: August 5, 2008)
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